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9.0 Update - Sonos One NOT discoverable via HomeKit for Siri integration

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July 11, 2018
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As the title suggests I have recently updated to v9.0 but the feature I am most looking forward too trying (playing apple music via Siri voice commands to my Sonos One) does not seem to work. I can open the apple music app on my phone, select the sonos one as a speaker to airplay2 and hit play - that now works ok. Cheers Sonos ! ?

BUT The Sonos blog guide indicated that if I were to add the airplay 2 enabled sonos product (sonos One in my case) to my homekit app as an accessory this would then allow Siri voice commands via mu phone. I have followed those steps to add my sonos one but it seemingly leads to nothing - I open the home kit app, select accessory and add without code but then the speaker does not appear. I have tried pressing pairing button on the unit.

Am I missing something here??

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palimoda

Lyricist I

Same issue for me as well. Sonos One not playing nice with Airplay

Dom1da

Collaborator II

make sure your speakers and controllers are up to date ie version 9.0
and you are running ios 11.4 or higher

in the home app press the plus icon in the top corner.
now tap add accessory
then tap don't have a code or can't scan? the speakers shoud appear here.
you need to add speakers one by one
then give them names
then you can use siri to play from apple music
or airplay direct to your sonos speakers from all apps that support airplay

it should work because i was able to add my speakers to the home app

Beam plus two One(Gen 1)'s 5.0 in surround

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palimoda

Lyricist I

Thx but speakers not appearing in home app, after I tap no code or can’t scan. Also, in Sonos app under new airplay setting option, it says no compatible speakers found. I have 2 Sonos One speakers (with Alexa). Plz help. Thx so much.

Dom1da

Collaborator II

try unplugging your speakers and then plug them back in wait for them to boot up then try again

Beam plus two One(Gen 1)'s 5.0 in surround

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Ianto

Contributor I

I have the same problem— updated to 9.0 and Airplay not appearing to work—not happy!

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Ianto

Contributor I

None of this works— Play 1 speakers only 18 months old and for this not to work is completely unacceptable— will take to Twitter to publicise this short coming from a supposedly reputable company like Sonos

Dom1da

Collaborator II

airplay 2 is only compatible with sonos one(not play:1) . play:5 gen2, playbase and the beam. and other sonos speakers if grouped with one of the compatible speakers

Beam plus two One(Gen 1)'s 5.0 in surround

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planckyAuthor

Contributor I

make sure your speakers and controllers are up to date ie version 9.0
and you are running ios 11.4 or higher

in the home app press the plus icon in the top corner.
now tap add accessory
then tap don't have a code or can't scan? the speakers shoud appear here.
you need to add speakers one by one
then give them names
then you can use siri to play from apple music
or airplay direct to your sonos speakers from all apps that support airplay

it should work because i was able to add my speakers to the home app

All speakers updated to 9.0
Running ios 11.4.1 on iPhone 7

Followed instructions outlined for adding speaker within HomeKit (tapping on plus icon in the top corner, then tap add accessory, then tap don't have a code or can't scan) but Sonos One speaker does not ever appear on the next screen. Not for a second, not once.

I have unplugged and plugged Sonos One back in.

I have also uninstalled the HomeKit app and re-installed. Still same issue of adding the Sonos One to the accessory section of HomeKit as outlined above.

The Sonos One is recognised as an airplay2 speaker within the apple music app though so it is obviously working on the network with the Airplay2 protocol...

Anyone else experiencing this issue or can recommend a fix to try?

chicks

None of this works— Play 1 speakers only 18 months old and for this not to work is completely unacceptable— will take to Twitter to publicise this short coming from a supposedly reputable company like Sonos

And you’ll be a laughing stock for not having read the multitude of published information from Sonos. Play:1s don’t support AirPlay. Tweet away...

Ken_Griffiths

Just to try to make things (perhaps) a little clearer to anyone here who may have misread some of the Sonos literature concerning their purchased Sonos devices... my understanding of the current Sonos AirPlay situation is this...

AirPlay audio on Sonos, works when you have one of these 'AirPlay Master' controller devices on your local Sonos Household network:

Sonos One ... ('stand-alone', 'grouped' or 'paired', but not set as a surround in a 'bonded' setup, (i.e.with a PlayBar))
Play:5 (gen 2) ... ('stand-alone', 'grouped' or 'paired', but not set as a surround in a 'bonded' setup, (i.e.with a PlayBar))
Sonos Beam ... ('stand-alone', 'grouped', or 'bonded' with surrounds)
Sonos PlayBase ... ('stand-alone', 'grouped' or 'bonded' with surrounds)

The following older Sonos devices however are NOT 'AirPlay Master' devices, and so do not 'directly' receive an AirPlay stream (standalone) by themselves, but will play such streams when 'grouped' with one of the 'AirPlay Masters' mentioned above:

Play:1
Play:3
Play:5 (gen1)
PlayBar
Connect
Connect:Amp

I tend to refer to these older devices as Sonos 'AirPlay Slaves'.

Please also carefully note that the term 'grouped' is NOT the same as the term 'paired' (for stereo purposes), nor is it the same as the term 'bonded' (for sound-surround purposes):

The reason we have such 'Slaves' is these are now older Sonos devices that do not have the hardware horsepower capability to act as an 'AirPlay Master', but they can still all continue to work great as Sonos AirPlay 'Slaves' when they are placed in a 'group' with the 'newer' 'Master' devices and as such, they can still play an AirPlay audio stream, albeit indirectly, via a chosen Master device.

I personally think it’s great that Sonos have implemented the new Apple AirPlay protocol in this way, as it means all of us with any of the 'older' (slave) hardware listed, can carry on and still receive an AirPlay audio stream from the dozens and dozens of AirPlay compatible Apps in the Apple App Store, such as Netflix, YouTube, BBC iPlayer etc; on ALL our speakers, either directly as a 'Master' ...or 'indirectly' as a 'Slave' by simply adding and/or 'grouping' the older speakers with one of the four AirPlay Masters.

So for those who have already purchased one of the four mentioned 'Master' devices, this latest Sonos update provides AirPlay to All speakers, FREE of charge...

However, here’s a couple of very important points...

Note: The 'Sonos One' or 'Play:5 (gen2)' Speakers are NOT able to perform their own role as an 'AirPlay Master' when they are 'bonded' to a PlayBar/PlayBase or Sonos Beam for sound surround purposes... they (sadly) lose their AirPlay Master capabilities in this type of setup.

The PlayBase, or Beam though, will always retain their AirPlay Master capabilities when they are placed in a 'bonded' setup.

And Finally...

For those users that don’t yet own, or use a Sonos AirPlay Master, as shown in the initial list of four devices above, I would personally recommend you consider adding such a device to your existing Sonos network, particularly if you own Apple devices (MAC/AppleTV4/iPhone/iPad etc.) and would like to play AirPlay audio sources, in sync, across any of your existing older Speakers.

I sincerely hope the above explanation helps the mist surrounding 'AirPlay on Sonos' to clear a little ...and hope it doesn’t confuse matters further.

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